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2012-10-13 9:24 PM

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From the IM Kona live feed:
"2012 Ironman World Championship TV Show
NBC show to air Saturday, October 27th

The 2012 Ironman World Championship telecast on NBC Sports will air on Saturday, October 27th from 4pm ET to 6pm ET (Check your local listings).

This year's show will feature and updated style that will take viewers on an “all access” experience behind the raw emotion, physical demands and polarizing competition that unfolds on the Big Island of Hawaii. The two hour show will air just two weeks after race day. To date, the broadcast has earned more than 40 Emmy nominations, won 16 Emmy awards and received three prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Awards.

The two-part show will first focus on race week, where we’ll set the scene and establish the key elite contenders and other athlete-interest stories.

Part two will be race day where we will treat the race as a live-action event, capturing the heat of the battle as race tactics unfold and stories develop. Our goal is to present the Ironman World Championship as the fiercely competitive race that it is with high impact coverage and engaging athlete story lines that can only be found at Ironman."

 

Keep this bumped cuz I have a feeling there'll be a few posts asking 'bout this.



2012-10-15 10:42 AM
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2012-10-15 11:07 AM
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Wow. Quick turnaround there -- don't they usually air it in December?
2012-10-15 12:12 PM
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swishyskirt - 2012-10-15 11:07 AM

Wow. Quick turnaround there -- don't they usually air it in December?


yes but i think it is because lance was originally supposed to compete.
2012-10-15 12:23 PM
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I'd actually be more interested in catching a replay of the live coverage. I missed it because my boyfriend had a cross race in another part of the state. I know last year's was available for quite a while (despite the server space 17+ hours of video must take up!)
2012-10-15 12:29 PM
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PinkPrincess - 2012-10-15 1:23 PM I'd actually be more interested in catching a replay of the live coverage. I missed it because my boyfriend had a cross race in another part of the state. I know last year's was available for quite a while (despite the server space 17+ hours of video must take up!)

I agree, the live race is 10x better than the NBC broadcast. 

I know it may sound strange given that the live race is so long and the NBC broadcast is edited to 1.5 or 2 hours but there has been this intensity in the live race that just isn't acknowledged or captured in the NBC broadcast.  An example of this would be the Macca/Raelert showdown the last few miles in 2010.  Seeing them battle it out real time, mile after mile was amazing to watch but it wasn't captured in the NBC broadcast.  They talked about it sure, but it was only given a few minutes at best because of time constraints.  I really think they missed the mark that was the highlight of the live race.



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2012-10-15 3:03 PM
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I was actually surprised at how good the live, on-line coverage was. 

My 12 year old observed that "it must be hard for them (the announcers) to do this whole race, since it lasts all day!"  No kidding, but I was hooked!

I only stopped watching to go for my (piddling by comparison) 12 mile run, so I missed a small portion of the bike.     What a bada$$ race this year!

The one thing I'm looking forward to in the edited coverage, though, is a bit more on the AGer side.  While I'm sure it will be heavy on the pros (especially as the race was so well contended right up to the end), there was comparatively little on the AG folks during the live coverage.

Understandable, but it's great to see the "non-pros" kicking it, too!  Talk about motivational...

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Looking forward to this. But I'm just really, really disappointed that this is the ONLY race that is/was broadcasted this year. Before I disabled my FB account over the summer, I repeatedly asked IM about updates to race broadcasts, given that most providers weren't carrying NBCUS anymore.

Looks like they've essentially shut down their production studios with the exception of Kona. A real bummer.

2012-10-23 10:46 AM
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2012-10-23 11:22 AM
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For those of us in the sport the live coverage is pretty cool.  The NBC coverage pulls in the average persons emotions with all the success stories (Guy with one leg, overweight guy that lost 200 pounds, Cancer girl, Average joe etc). Couple that with some dramatic music and a voice over and you got yourself a pretty good watchable show to the average viewer.
2012-10-23 11:50 AM
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yes it is. i plan on forcing my non-triathlete family to watch it so they will understand my obsession


2012-10-23 1:39 PM
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xatefrogg - 2012-10-23 11:22 AM ... Guy with one leg, overweight guy that lost 200 pounds, Cancer girl, Average joe etc). Couple that with some dramatic music and a voice over and you got yourself a pretty good watchable show to the average viewer.

Sounds almost like an SNL skit.

2012-10-23 1:46 PM
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xatefrogg - 2012-10-23 12:22 PM For those of us in the sport the live coverage is pretty cool.  The NBC coverage pulls in the average persons emotions with all the success stories (Guy with one leg, overweight guy that lost 200 pounds, Cancer girl, Average joe etc). Couple that with some dramatic music and a voice over and you got yourself a pretty good watchable show to the average viewer.

"Cancer Girl" is a friend of my wife's, and she's an effing stud.  

I did the Waterman's Half (70.3) on Kona Saturday.  My race sucked, it was 34 degrees at the start, I lost feeling in my feet before I even jumped in the water, and it was all I could do to keep going (see race report).  There really was more than one occasion that I thought to myself that I knew Beth-Ann was going to finish, and there was no way in hell that I was going to DNF just because I was cold!

2012-10-23 2:01 PM
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xatefrogg - 2012-10-23 6:22 AM For those of us in the sport the live coverage is pretty cool.  The NBC coverage pulls in the average persons emotions with all the success stories (Guy with one leg, overweight guy that lost 200 pounds, Cancer girl, Average joe etc). Couple that with some dramatic music and a voice over and you got yourself a pretty good watchable show to the average viewer.

 

Good on NBC for making a pretty boring to watch sport, compelling and possibly motivating to those that have little to no clue what Ironman is.  I might watch it just for the highlight of those success stories...which are always motivational to me.

2012-10-26 9:40 PM
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Bumping this up to the top...the weather should be starting to get crappy by Saturday afternoon, might as well watch tv.

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2012-10-26 10:29 PM
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Anyone know if the broadcast will be available for streaming after the initial broadcast? I wont be able to watch it tomorrow and I don't want to wait until tuesday to watch it on NBCsports.


2012-10-26 10:38 PM
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I watch it live and the NBC broadcast.  I've gotten my girls to tolerate it now, and they like to see if Lew Hollander finished again this year.  We all cheer for Lew!
2012-10-26 10:45 PM
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kmac1346 - 2012-10-26 10:38 PM I watch it live and the NBC broadcast.  I've gotten my girls to tolerate it now, and they like to see if Lew Hollander finished again this year.  We all cheer for Lew!

Do you want anyone to ruin the surprise for you? :D

Kidding.

Can't wait to watch it...I finished so late in the day that I didn't even know who won...that was one of the first questions I asked my jockstrappers.  I saw the lead pros fly by on the bike and that's the only action I saw!

2012-10-27 10:38 AM
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Is there going to be a re-air date or will the coverage be available online? I want to watch but can't & I don't have a dvr (I know I need to come out of the stone age)
2012-10-27 12:00 PM
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metafizx - 2012-10-23 3:01 PM

xatefrogg - 2012-10-23 6:22 AM For those of us in the sport the live coverage is pretty cool.  The NBC coverage pulls in the average persons emotions with all the success stories (Guy with one leg, overweight guy that lost 200 pounds, Cancer girl, Average joe etc). Couple that with some dramatic music and a voice over and you got yourself a pretty good watchable show to the average viewer.

 

Good on NBC for making a pretty boring to watch sport, compelling and possibly motivating to those that have little to no clue what Ironman is.  I might watch it just for the highlight of those success stories...which are always motivational to me.

Another vote for this. I know it's cool to hate on that aspect of it, (moreso on the other white meat site) but for a vast, huge, number of us, the NBC (and prior, ABC) broadcasts are what first introduced us to the world of Ironman, and triathlon as a whole. Only a couple hundred lottery spots take people to Kona each year, but thousands of us are inspired to get out there and get moving in our local sprints, and onward. I spent 10 hours watching online coverage for the pro race. I am into this thing now. But for the intro level on tv, I want to see the people I can relate to, just finishing.  

Should the day come when I am in a position to apply for, win, and accept a lottery spot, I will do so without hesitation. There was a great RR on ST from a lottery spot winner, and it was nice to see a lack of hate. But human nature holds - the haters won't say it to a person directly. 

OF course, I think we can all agree that with limited air time, I don't need to hear about some rich restauranteur/wine guy and his "journey" but that's just me playing class warfare I suppose. 

2012-10-27 12:19 PM
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Not available in HD with Cogeco in Canada unless you get the west coast feed.  Facking cable provider. Yell


2012-10-27 2:55 PM
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Well it looks like I'm forced to watch Arkansas and Ole Miss bust the tie.
2012-10-27 3:19 PM
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I'm infuriated. Grabbed a beer and sat down in front of the TV to watch, and instead the local NBC affiliate is broadcasting is showing a "storm watch news special." 
2012-10-27 3:30 PM
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Not on my NBC local channel or on NBC sports here in Detroit.
2012-10-27 3:33 PM
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jdutton13 - 2012-10-27 4:30 PM Not on my NBC local channel or on NBC sports here in Detroit.

Well according to local TV the world will end starting tomorrow night when hurricane Sandy hits.

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